Tour the Swissvale Earthship – 2nd tour

November 8, 2015 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

GARNA is hosting a tour of the 6,000 square foot earthship recently completed in Swissvale east of Salida. The building is an energy efficient, off-the-grid structure partially earth-bermed and built with a variety of recycled materials including 4,000 earth-rammed tires, aluminum cans and glass bottles. The earthship was built by Earthship Biotecture, a Taos, NM earthship construction company, and involved volunteers from around the world. The build was a field study project by Earthship Academy students. Find out more about the Swissvale earthship project from Earthship Biotecture’s blog HERE.

The earthship owner, Hollie Hirst, will lead the tour. Hollie purchased 16 acres in 2001 when she was living in Salida, then moved to Denver to do graduate work in organizational management and development. After some years of effort, she managed to persuade Michael Reynolds, founder of Earthship Biotecture, to design and build her earthship.

The Mountain Mail published an article about the project in the September 11, 2015 issue. You can read the full article HERE.

Pre-registration is required. The cost of the tour is $5 for GARNA members, $8 for non-members. Online registration is available below via our secure, pay pal site. Please note: you do not need a pay pal account, only a credit card. We will send out additional information to those registered.

Sorry! This program is full. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist, please email the office.

Your registration is secured upon receipt of payment. If you prefer not to register online (recommended), you may mail a check, made out to “GARNA” to the address below. Please include a note with the program you are registering for.

PO Box 1522
Salida CO 81201

Cancellation policy:

If we are notified of your need to cancel within 24 hours of program date, your program fee will be refunded except for a $3.00 administrative fee. If minimum enrollment has not been met by program date, programs will be cancelled 2 days prior to the date and we will refund the full amount.